Game of Thrones Characters Ranked by Screentime

[@Marc93.]

Despite of being a main character in all 8 seasons.. Bran stark still has few minute short of his father Ned who died in Season 1💀

[@TurquoiseStar17]

To be fair, Ned was like half the first book as well. Which made it all the more shocking when George offed him.

[@PrettyLittleXFactor]

Also he was not on season 5

[@MrGothbunny]

Supposedly had the best story too lmfao

[@Theleakculture-qs7lj]

Bro jon is the main protagonist

[@Theleakculture-qs7lj]

Also the screen time of jon snow is 672 min almost about 28 min less than tyrion

[@anonanonanon2868]

Ned at 12 after one season is nuts

[@pimpknowledge]

he carried the whole season...

[@anonanonanon2868]

@@pimpknowledge carried is a bit far, he was the main character but the show was stacked with talent and was incredible

[@HandsomePete1980]

He was also in season 6 and 7 a littlebit

[@anonanonanon2868]

@@HandsomePete1980 true

[@thaironecampos1380]

Nes was probably the protagonist of the series that just didn't continue because he died. If he had somehow stayed alive, he would have been the main protagonist of the series. And credit to actor Sean Bean who was absolutely incredible in his performance, although for me the best actor in the series (not the best character but the actor) was Jack Gleeson, the King Joffrey.

[@Diekirch7090]

1h and 18 mins of pure Joy of watching Tywin Lannister

[@ZeriocTheTank]

I felt like his death represented the slow death of the show, but I'm also a tywin fanboy so I'm biased.

[@krishnapandey3478]

Show dies with him

[@oliviernoir6669]

Charles Dance is so charismatic his acting was insane in the show

[@juancalderonbustillo1799]

Him and Olenna: the true aces of the show.

[@josepedrosousa2731]

You know a character is a legend when it only appears in season 1 and is the 12th character with more screen time

[@franksaint84]

Well technically he was in season 6 and 7 for a lil bit.. but i get what you saying..

[@death-metalhead6818]

Its crazy to think about a few of these characters who've had so few minutes of screentime yet such a big impact on cinematic or even pop culture!

[@sobakssobak2447]

Night King: am I a joke to you?

[@Carlomango_768]

My assumption is that his screen time is quite short. The guy only appeared in later seasons, didn't he?

[@frankthepug9242]

Season 8 writers: yes

[@AEsir2023]

To us? No to the writers unfortunately yes

[@AJshorts-809]

Actual list is here 1. Tyrion Lannister - 697 minutes 2. Jon Snow - 651 minutes 3. Daenerys Targaryen - 524 minutes 4. Cersei Lannister - 425 minutes 5. Sansa Stark - 418 minutes 6. Arya Stark - 393 minutes 7. Jaime Lannister - 392 minutes 8. Jorah Mormont - 328 minutes 9. Davos Seaworth - 296 minutes 10. Lord Varys - 267 minutes 11. Samwell Tarly - 264 minutes 12. Theon Greyjoy - 261 minutes 13. Sandor Clegane (The Hound) - 231 minutes 14. Brienne of Tarth - 228 minutes 15. Missandei - 228 minutes 16. Bran Stark - 224 minutes 17. Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger) - 214 minutes 18. Tormund Giantsbane - 192 minutes 19. Grey Worm - 179 minutes 20. Catelyn Stark - 155 minutes 21. Ned Stark - 144 minutes 22. Gilly - 126 minutes 23. Bronn - 120 minutes 24. Eddard Stark (flashbacks) - 113 minutes 25. Ygritte - 90 minutes 26. Ramsay Bolton - 66 minutes

[@cazexaz5206]

@@AJshorts-809 ygritte ?

[@TheSpaniard]

No way Berric Dondarrion only had 11 minutes of screen time

[@sirbobik]

Per life

[@alevd14]

I agree. Beric appears since season 3 to season 8, is impossible to be just 11 minutes

[@TheSpaniard]

@@alevd14 Exactly. Pretty sure he had more than 11 minutes in season 6 alone when they go north of the wall.

[@babaamapperati1626]

Yes and Hot Pie as well.

[@gelsol]

If that is his actual screen time, he sure was an impactful character.

[@cinaraktasbıg]

brienne, ser davos, brann, sandor all of these character see season 8 and they still have a less screen time than Ned stark( died in s1) is crazy

[@Randomgirl3468]

This list only includes S1-6. Sadly, the creator failed to mention that in the title

[@Daniel_Fo77]

Goes to show: It does not matter how long you are there, it is what you do that determines your impact and the lasting impressions others get from you.

[@charlene2789]

then littlefinger is the most important, he started everything and is the reason of the downfall of most of the houses

[@4kt6lock]

like lyanna mormont

[@karinadzhumabayeva4869]

I'm shoked by Gendry's ranking. I remember him through several seasons and was interested by his storyline so much 😮

[@bumblebee264]

you forgot that little mormont girl who probably had the least screentime and made the maximum impact

[@joshuathierry9445]

lyanna

[@frankthepug9242]

Lyanna?

[@calebandrew8473]

One of the worst characters.

[@itachi3279]

@@calebandrew8473she’s arguably one of the best

[@frankthepug9242]

@@calebandrew8473 bro she was awesome

[@mohamedhalithh]

Tyrion being no.1 while being the side character is carzy

[@idcman]

lmao he keeps yapping that’s why (love him)

[@B_3jy]

He isn't a side he's a main with Dany and Jon

[@Savon_Official69]

he is not a side bruh

[@adlibconstitution1609]

He is not a side. In the books he is one of the big main characters

[@chinmayamahapatra6712]

Tyrion is no side character . Tyrion or little finger one of them shall win the game of thrones

[@zacknewton1064]

rickon has gotta be one of the most blatant kill fodder characters ive ever seen

[@tejastakalkar7924]

He is 3 year old in books, so maybe they didnt know what to do to with him inshow as he is older now

[@louyou6614]

he iss also probably a shaggydog​@@tejastakalkar7924

[@ageoflove1980]

Well, that's simply not true according to the source material. The show only made him that later on as a lazy way to end his story arc.

[@PeterSedesse]

His wolf was named shaggy dog, which is a Hollywood term for a character who has no purpose except to die

[@ageoflove1980]

@PeterSedesse Well the name is from the books, and there he is not dead at all. There is actually a cliffhanger in the last book that suggests an entirely new story arc on Skagos. So what Martin intended for the character is something else entirely. As so many things sadly, the show became such a rush job after the first 3-4 seasons

[@gavinperry8433]

Viserys targaryen getting more screen time than qyburn and the mountain is insane despite being a side character for that too for only season

[@celestial_boon8078]

Its crazy how characters with only 12 minutes of screen time can change the story

[@speedwagon914]

There's no way this is accurate. So you're telling me Ned who died in season 1 has as much screen time as baelish ????

[@kibbit1373]

Yes.

[@TV-ge3uj]

Two minutes less.

[@speedwagon914]

@TV-ge3uj 2 min is nothing lol . The video claim that they ahve the same amount of screen time wich isn't true . Baelish had waaay more

[@TV-ge3uj]

@@speedwagon914 1. During the first season Ned is around almost constantly. He also is back for a few minutes of time-travelling Bran. 2. There are entire plotlines where Baelish isn't present at all (Winterfell in Season 1 and 2, Dorne, Braavos, Daenerys in Essos), or very little (Arya in Harrenhal, Sansa returned to Winterfell). 3. This is not about opinions, but facts. You can measure the time when Ned or Baelish are on screen.

[@methexis9934]

Ned appears in every episode of the first season and has long scenes with almost every important character of the season (the Stark family, King Robert, Queen Cersei, Varys, Baelish, Jaime...). He is the main and nearly only character of the first season. While Baelish is a "puppet master" who stays in shadow most of the time and show off only for "revelations". This is just accurate that they share the same time on screen.

[@mommiedearest5337]

Their minimal screen time but huge impact to the show is a testament to the story, writing, and acting.!

[@velvetine74]

Surprising how it's what you do with the time you've got that leaves an impression!

[@Jankowski_Outdoors]

How can this be when many of these guys (Beric, Gendry) spent a whole episode together when they went north of the wall to nab a wight?

[@VectOPBR]

I didn't get it either, the top is made strangely

[@PeterSedesse]

They were part of the party, but it was always other people talking.

[@dnrspdr03canadian95]

​@@VectOPBRit's probably accurate, I added up all the minutes and it's comes out to 82 hours in a 74 hour series however that doesn't consider character's minutes spent together in the same scene.

[@chcucivtxzclccucifudohzfu6766]

I think this list is only seasons 1-6 as Berric has 11 minutes in those seasons but he also appears in the last 2

[@DG-sz8tj]

Karl Tanner - 11 FOOKIN LEGENDARY minutes

[@romanoffsson]

It's crazy how in 2 seasons Rhaenyra has already 4 hours and 14 minutes only behind Tyrion and Jon.

[@ELFBOYMUSIC]

Only 11 min for Beric? I call BS on this ranking.

[@joaquimlopes257]

Yeah theres no way he has the same screen timd as robin arryn

[@Anonymos185]

It's literally an impartial ranking. Don't believe it, feel free to google it, and get the exact same numbers. Berics scenes are very rare, and very spread out. Even when the Brotherhood IS a part of the story, it's usually still other main characters interacting with each other, rather than him

[@brent8407]

I dont recall him being more than that in the show, 11 minutes aready felt long to me

[@chcucivtxzclccucifudohzfu6766]

11 minutes is pretty short. I mean of course he barely is in season 1. In season 3 he has the duel with Sandor and then maybe a few dialogue scenes (where they sell Gendry). In season 6 he appears a bit. But then in season 7 he goes around with Sandor, ends up at Eastwatch and is around for the entire trip beyond the wall. Also in season 8 he has a dialogue before the long night and then his final fight. That combined should be more than 11 minutes.

[@chcucivtxzclccucifudohzfu6766]

Looked it up. Berric has 11 minutes in the first 6 seasons. So this list only counts the first 6 seasons

[@Brumm-q7h]

And that’s how you know the show is amazing-when even the characters who only appear for eight minutes in the entire series stay in your memory, and you know exactly who they are.

[@wtfdude687]

Wow...who would've thought that the mountain had less screen time than prince oberyn

[@TheLonnie300]

Ned being 12th, but dead and gone after 1 season is wild

[@ryanm4013]

Wasn’t as many other storylines in season 1 as other seasons.

[@Lascombe]

Drogo, Viserys and Ned had more time in one season than some characters in eight

[@Pranjal59]

Ned starck played 1:40 hour, only 1 season.

[@rmm2424]

Tyene Sand oh what a glorious 9 minutes it was

[@southtexasobserver3306]

Did you just make these numbers up? It seems crazy that people who died in the first season have more screen time than people who were throughout the whole show.

[@Godaten005]

Walder frey being just for 16 mins but still one of the most hated character is crazy

[@levi._.1709]

Guys, the reason y Ned has more screentime : as they've shown Ned as the 'main protagonist (more screentime)' in S1 until they killed him.. S1 was purely based on Ned. And as the seasons passed the characters like jon Snow, arya, jamie's screen time got increased as they've become more important.

[@ironiccookies2320]

game of thrones is one of the few shows that I remember 90% of the characters despite most of them not appearing on screen much

[@angel91485]

I felt like Ive seen Olenna more than Loras but they're almost equal at 38 and 37 min respectively?

[@whitleypedia]

13 minutes of never giving up on the gravy

[@ulricaandrae4381]

Cool how many had very little screen time but made unforgettable performances.

[@sungaklate]

he is the shortest but also the longest 🫡

[@artonkarton6548]

Employer:How much experience you have? Me:10 years Employer:How much you actually worked? Me:4 hours and 28 minutes

[@ASUS234UA]

I was shocked that some have so few screentime, but u feel like they've been nearby all the time. Same about others who you barely remember, but they have so much. Also, about those ones, who have so much time for just 1 episode/season.

[@CarloRodriguez10]

Grand Marster Pycelle!! even here you sneaked 😂

[@Jackaljkljkl]

There needs to be a ranking on gold spent on whores.

[@juanramaroto6691]

Everyone talks about Ned Stark, but it amazes me how Khal Drogo has almost the same screentime than Beric and Thoros combined despite dying in season 1. And more screen time than The Mountain in the whole show.

[@itzmyedits4630]

Crazy how hotpie has more screen time than three eyed raven after being such important character

[@rushdrawz5271]

Beric cant be that low

[@flaviusaetius8042]

He was in 14 episodes and shall have only 11 minutes screentime? That's impossible.

[@rhys7391]

He doesn't have many scenes he is in. Apart from his duel with the Hound in S3, the stupid fight against the ice bear in S7 and him forming a bericade in the library of Winterfell in S8 I think he only appears in a few dialog scenes with Arya back when he was leading the Brotherhood without Banners and later in season 7 with Jon Snow and in Season 8 with the Hound. And the three seconds when he was ordered to chase the Mountain by Ned in season 1 when he was portrayed by another actor. I think 11 minutes adds up.

[@rhys7391]

Plus in Arya's Brotherhood arc he appears super late, Arya interacts mainly with Thoros and that archer guy

[@flaviusaetius8042]

@@rhys7391 And in the episode "Beyond the Wall" he is one of the main characters

[@searchaneesh]

her sword teacher, Syrio Forel - less than a minute

[@zayeedabdullah7298]

Robert & Grey has the almost same screen time!!! Crazy

[@jackienowell7307]

Hodor is the winner imo, given that he had 29 minutes on screen but only had one word to say 😆 admiitedly on repeat.

[@samy7174]

Why is this suddenly being recommended now

[@khaledm-z5978]

Time to rewatch

[@MrDanielvass]

It felt like Waif had way more screen time torturing Arya on the way to becoming a faceless man.

[@Nate-Dog]

Wow Ned Stark getting more screen time in 1 season ( plus a couple flashbacks scenes in season 6) the most characters through 6-8 seasons

[@y.m.9402]

The main characters are in order are tyrion and cersei they were at the top of the call sheet followed by jon and daenerys, and sansa and arya are the last of the main characters

[@MortenLongbottom]

In that case it's because of the actors, not because of the characters. That's something that didn't work well with the storyline.

[@TzeQ19]

The song in the background reminds me of a wedding

[@Dantheman-bw8hv]

I feel like some of these are off

[@callmeweeb4350]

There's no way you could actually determin their screentime anyway, this is all just a hunch

[@callmeweeb4350]

Like grey worm at 32mins? Yeah nice joke, he has way more screentime

[@Lucy-yc4bc]

@@callmeweeb4350it would be extremely easy to determine their screen time lmfao

[@davidmukuka2597]

Way way way way off

[@popdog87]

Osha 30 mins ?!

[@Jackaljkljkl]

Oberyn, Ned and Robert were all one-season wonders, and made made more impact than Bran did in eight seasons.

[@elr492]

So I guess that 14 characters were given more screen time than one with "the best story" according to D&D ending.

[@antn6270]

Nach was wurde dieses Ranking erstellt? Zeit auf dem Bildschirm oder nur alleine? Zählt es auch, einfach nur im Hintergrund zu stehen oder Sprechzeit? Ich bin verwirrt.

[@romanoffsson]

It means all the seconds the character is in screen, both in the background and in the center.

[@ВикторСеменов-н1и]

Viseris is twenty minutes, pretty nice

[@mariefmsr]

Tyrion in the first place with 4 hours and 53 minutes *STILL GOING STRONG~~*

[@alyu1129]

Take this with a shaker of salt. lol

[@AndrewChunghi]

No way, Robert Baratheon has more time than Hodor?

[@ryanm4013]

Hodor scenes were very short as he had no lines. Robert had many scenes with actual dialogue

[@miqueasgl]

1:57 Why is no one talking about Ros's 22 when in the books she is only mentioned a few times (i really even remember if she is mentioned at all) while in the show she seems almost like a secondary character related to important plots... Yeah, you know what kind of important plots.

[@guetetepgue]

Khal drogo spent most of his 25 minute screentime smashing dany 🤣

[@rajuljadaun6390]

I still dont understand why did they show sam so much Hell of a boring character

[@ageoflove1980]

He also has a very important role in the books. His voyage to Oldtown with Maester Aemon and Gilly is actually very good. A nice little personal story about them to balance it with all the grander tales. Good fantasy knows it can't be epic all the time because the grander moments lose its impact. Tolkien was also very aware of this. In a way both Sam's kind of have the same role in the story in that regard . They tell us to slow down, read a book, cook a nice meal... you know, stop amd smell the roses every once in a while.

[@anujsaxena1545]

Pity on you bruh he was in top 7 character for me. I really enjoyed his chemistry with Jon snow

[@danielbertschi6349]

Careful putting Janos at #74. He won't be happy with this ranking. He has friends at court.

[@ZenithIonyX]

No way Barristan Selmy has as much screen time as the high sparrow, my mind is blown

[@giglomesh123]

Took Littlefinger 7 seasons to have more time than Ned Stark. Another grudge to his list😂

[@nasrul1446]

i thought three eyed raven had more screen time than rickon stark😂

[@aimandarius6833]

Where Dickon Tarly? / (Luther the umbrella academy) 😬

[@jkdubya85]

Hot Pie - #80 in screen time…#1 in your hearts.

[@paule.158]

but most of them lived in our memories for a life time! I can't forget shireen for example.......

[@id_rainn3278]

Tyrion ❤❤❤❤ and I cried for Robb, I loved him

[@pablo-ismael6045]

Only 9 min but tyene sand is still the character I remember…. You guys know why

[@Yuniormac]

1 hora y 10 minutos en pantalla le tomó a Jeoffrey lograr que lo odiemos para siempre

[@Anime929xedits]

It is funny that ned was only for one season but still at 12th position lmao😂😂

[@lirneis]

The truth is GoT is all about Tirion Actually the best character

[@lsVal6478]

No puedo creer que el cuervo de tres ojos quepa una vez y media en hot pie, definitivamente Jaime Lanister sabía lo que se venía y nos quiso salvar, fuimos muy ciegos como para verlo

[@Dabat-Ul-Ardh]

The mad king was also revealed for a few seconds

[@maestroclassico5801]

Im not entirely sure how Thoros of Mir had more screen time than his partner Berric Dondarrion since Berric lived longer but I can tell you guys researched it.

[@GKP983]

best is watching Tyrion..🔥

[@dougdupont6134]

Oberyn has one minute less screen time than Gendry and Hodor? No way. Gendry has single episodes that probably come close to eclipsing all.of Oberyns screen time.

[@Marc93.]

I don't believe Missandei and Daario has same screen time.. Feels like Missandei should be in top 20 atleast

[@Almutazz938]

в Эссосе Миссандея и Даарио обычно появляются вместе, в Вестеросе у Миссандеи просто мало экранного времени. Даарио набрал много времени, когда они с Джорахом искали Дейнерис, когда ее забрали кхалы.

[@Marc93.]

@@Almutazz938 didn't have the translation dude

[@Almutazz938]

@@Marc93. Unlucky

[@gavinperry8433]

Lol ironically the three eyes raven is one of the most important characters in the books

[@ansonbasilpaul608]

Hodor held the door for 29 minutes.

[@AdarshKumar-vp9rj]

Tyene sand's every second was worthy

[@maestroclassico5801]

When you say screentime Are you counting the times they spoke or just were on camera?

[@outlawblack123]

I thought the sandsnakes where forever

[@Maalik-rb6gc]

Man they really did ma man Jon Snow so dirty!

[@Hoax69696]

I don't think it's accurate

[@iamnoman1]

Shortest screentime in got is of Edmond tully's wife

[@SideBoy12]

It’s crazy how the most important character is at 100

[@romanoffsson]

Actually he is important to Westeros not the show, that's why he has so little screentime

[@SideBoy12]

@@romanoffsson fair but he still caused the events of the show so I think they should’ve gone deeper into him because he literally is the puppeteer beside everythinf

[@clementwymiens7955]

Margeary deserved so much more ❤

[@josemanuelandrades3060]

Increíble how beric dondarrion after 8 seasons is just 8 min

[@chrismichael6048]

Jon is the real protagonist of the series。No doubt。Meanwhile，Ned is the decoy protagonist; with few of others are categorized as important main characters，major supporting characters，and minor supporting characters。 George cleverly deceives audiences/readers to presume Ned is the main protagonist and then Jon，the real protagonist only starts to shine in the middle of the storyline。

[@ramchandrasawant8374]

So eventually...1.18 Tywin and 4.53 Tyrion is only best time across entire 8 seasons...

[@giusepped3678]

Anyone know which version of the Rains of Castamere the audio is? I.e. which album/who's playing.. it's so beautiful

[@Stuff_To_Watch]

Hi, is this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4OvhWt7nrWJiZI

[@dennismbrandi]

Good old hot pie. Turned out to be a stand up guy

[@T2MARA]

Night King, Lyanna Stark, and Rhaegar Targaryean 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jirizagora7013]

Benjen was the most important person in the whole show!

[@Kanda_Yuu]

There is no way Beric has only 11 minutes

[@maddie690ify]

I was wondering why I didn't feel much when Rickon died or when olly stabbed Jon Snow. Now I know it's because they had less than 15 minutes of screen time.

[@AserGaming]

Some of these don't make any sense, Beric definitely has more than 11 minutes

[@TheVarun2909]

Alomost 5 hours Tyrion Lanister 😍